Denouncing the violent act, Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif urged the Afghan government to apprehend the assailants and ensure security of Pakistan’s diplomatic personnel and their missions in Afghanistan.

Body of diplomat handed over

The body of the martyred Pakistani diplomat Rana Nayyer Iqbal has been handed over to the security officials at the Torkham border.

Rana was gunned down by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike near his residence in the Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province, a security official told The Express Tribune.